Chris and Alison speak with Professor Carla Laroche, who developed and directs the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic at W&L Law. Professor Laroche has her AB from Princeton, her MPP from Harvard, and her JD from Columbia. She previously was a clinical professor at Florida State University College of Law, where she founded and directed the Gender and Family Justice Clinic. They discuss the work of her clinics, how she prepares students for what they will encounter in practice, and traumatic experiences that she has faced in her own life and practice.
We discuss an article by Maryam Ahranjani, “Toughen Up, Buttercup” versus #TimesUp: Initial Findings of the ABA Women in Criminal Justice Task Force, 25 Berkeley J. Crim. L. 99 (2020), https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1835&context=law_facultyscholarship
Also, this article about "imposter syndrome,"
And here's some extra reading recommended by Prof. Laroche on the language of social justice:
-An Open Letter to Our Friends on the Question of Language https://cmjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CNUS-AppropriateLanguage.pdf
- Social Justice Phrase Guide https://www.opportunityagenda.org/sites/default/files/2017-03/Social%20Justice%20Phrase%20Guide.pdf
We discuss the adultification of Black girls and this is a 2017 study on that: Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood.
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